How fast is your internet connection?

I am interested to know how much ranchers pay for their internet connection around the world, and the capabilities of their line. Do you connect to the internet everyday by dialing through your modem, or stay online 24/7? Do you have a home network? What is your setup like? Do you pay per minute or a fixed amount?

4736 / 353 Your download speed : 4736 kbps or 592 KB/sec. That is 41.3% better than an average user on mindspring.com Your upload speed : 353 kbps or 44.1 KB/sec. That is 2.6% better than an average user on mindspring.com

At home, I have an ADSL connection that in theory should support up to 20 Mbit/s download. In practice the maximum speed is about 14 Mbit/s (about 1.7 MB/s). One of the reasons why it doesn't reach the max. speed is probably because I have quite a long telephone cable running along the wall of my living room from the socket to the desk where my computer and telephone are. I don't even know what it costs, I think around € 30 per month for telephone + Internet.